I agree with you, Paul. Having all 50 states allow metric-only labels (although there's still potentially the issue of Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Guam, the Marianas, and any other overseas territories and possessions I've left out) is indeed a powerful pyschological step forward towards metrication.
However, it seems that the critical (and long-standing) opposition to (even voluntary) metric-only labelling comes from the food industry in the form of the FMI (since it's the FPLR that regulates food packaging). I'm convinced we need to find a way to overcome (or at least neutralize) the objections of the FMI if we're ever going to see the FPLA amended. :-( Ezra -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Paul Trusten, R.Ph." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Two more states, and there will be a powerful argument to be made: if the > "states united" permit a metric-only labeling option, why not the United > States? To have all 50 states agree on the UPLR metric-only labeling > regulation means that the metric system can be accepted as the everyday system > of measurement on a national basis. This could be quite a psychological > barrier > to be breaking. > > > > > -- > Paul Trusten, R.Ph. > Public Relations Director > U.S. Metric Association, Inc. > Phone (432)528-7724 > www.metric.org > 3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122 > Midland TX 79707-2872 USA > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://home.grandecom.net/~trusten > >
